The first clear day in quite some time. A perfect opportunity to see what is happening on the sun.
The telescopes used: Lunt LS50THa double-stacked hydrogen-alpha scope, and an AT80EDT with a Lunt solar wedge for white-light imaging. The camera used with both was a ZWO ASI178mm monochrome camera.
Both scopes were shooting through the open south-side bedroom window because I didn't want to go outside and shovel snow around the outdoor mount.
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Hydrogen-alpha. Lunt LS50THa.
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Limb prominences
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sunspots, white light. AT80EDT
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In the evening of the same day, the 9.3-d moon passed within about 1/3 degree of Saturn.
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The moon and Saturn. AT80EDT.
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Earth's orbital path will cross through the plane of Saturn's rings early next year. The rings are becoming harder to see as this event approaches.